# Loaflo: Sourdough Starter — user reviews > 29 indexed App Store user reviews of Loaflo by No Worries! Lifestyle, LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 481 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/loaflo-sourdough-starter/id6736766728/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/loaflo-sourdough-starter/id6736766728.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 415 · 4★ 25 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 25 ## What do users think of Loaflo? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 💡 Helpful for sourdough beginners - 💡 Helps recognize sourdough signs - 💡 Game changer for sourdough bakers - 💡 Prompt customer service - 💡 Useful addition to repertoire - 💡 Helpful on sourdough journey - 💡 Great calculators and recipes - 💡 Fun to scan starter/bread - 💡 Great for new bakers - 💡 Easy to use **Cons** - 💰 Aggressive paywall/subscription - 💰 Misleading advertising (not for beginners) - 💰 Overpriced compared to advertised - 💰 Annoying pop-up timers - 💰 Cannot cancel free trial - 💰 Limited free scans (1-2) - 💰 No free trial offered - 💰 Subscription required for core features - 💰 AI is free elsewhere - 💰 Waste of money - 💰 Unreliable scan results - 💰 No gluten-free settings - 💰 Nothing works after payment **Commonly reported bugs** - Paywall pops up with timer - Cannot cancel free trial - App won't let me ask questions (invalid credit) - Journal asks for starter ratio in decimal - Cannot scan pictures - Chat support not responsive - Scan says invalid credit - App not reliable - Scanned moldy starters and rated them incorrectly - Paid subscription, but nothing works (chat, scan) - Paid for subscription, but told to sign up again **Most requested features** - Create a phone schedule for feeding - Remember/log previous actions - Include metric weight measurements in recipes - Add gluten-free settings for scans - Provide a longer free trial or more free scans ## Newest reviews (9 of 29) ### 3/5 — Recipes in grams *2026-01-19, version 5.2.0* Please include metric weight measurements in the recipes. ### 3/5 — Something is broken *2025-12-27* It won't let me ask any questions, even though I pay for the app. It tells me I have an invalid credit? It also has a weird entry for the journal. It asks for the starter ratio, but in decimal? I don't know how to fill that in and I can't ask the chat but ### 3/5 — What happened? *2025-11-30* I love this app and use it all the time. Unfortunately, my starter died when I was on vacation.. Now that I have a new starter going, I’m trying to use it again, it’s not able to scan pictures. I tried to do the chat to see if I could get some help, but it doesn’t answer me. I do pay for the app so if it no longer is gonna be able to scan pictures, I’d like to find out about canceling my subscription **Developer response:** Hey mrsjoshd! We experienced an outage on Sunday for a few hours that has since been resolved! Please let us know if you continue to have issues. Thanks again!! ### 4/5 — Yea but no *2025-04-18* The app cool but if you have celiac’s, theres no gluten free settings in the scan section to give you the fully complete diagnosis of your own gf sourdough starter. The app is still helpful but I kinda feel like I wasted my money since I got the app to help me with my first starter in the first place to see if I’m doing ok with it. **Developer response:** Hey LilMomma405! Thanks for the feedback. That’s a really good point. We’ll take it back and look into incorporating into our next release. ### 1/5 — You literally only get one scan. *2025-03-26* You get one single scan, everything else is locked behind paywalls. The feedback would be great if I could actually compare the before/after. **Developer response:** Hey B.LO.17! We offer a free, 7-day trial with full access to all features. You’re free to cancel anytime during the trial period without being charged. We hope you’ll try the app again and give it another shot! ### 1/5 — Beware of Subscriptions!!!! *2025-03-16* I understand that in 2025 everything is subscription based now but for an app that is just supposed to tell me if my starter is alive or not is kind of ridiculous. I should t have to pay for taking a picture of something.. I can just as easily look it up online. If the subscription portion was tied to being able to utilize the journal or other parts of the app I could understand that.. but the whole point of the app (at least to my knowledge) is to be able to scan your starter and that’s it. It should be free because there are a ton of free apps that let you scan all types of things without subscribing. **Developer response:** Hey Fujiwara Tofu Sho! Really sorry to hear the app wasn’t to expectation. The Pro subscription (and 7-day free trial) unlocks a number of features including journaling, the chat bot, calculators, and more. And given the high computation costs of analyzing images, we have to leverage a subscription to keep the app running. Keep in mind we don’t have any ads and we don’t collect any user data! Again, sorry to hear you weren’t satisfied with the app. We’re continually improving it, so we hope to see you return soon! ### 3/5 — Only 2 scan *2025-03-06* I was excited about this app and scanned my starter not realizing I only get 1 free scan. How do I know if I want to pay for it if that’s all I get to try. Pretty disappointed! **Developer response:** Hey there! Quick update! We’ve listened to your feedback and added a free trial period! Hope to have you check the app out again! ### 3/5 — No free trial *2025-02-26* The idea is interesting, but there’s no free trial. At least a few days of free trial would be great to see how the app works. And without paid subscription the app allows you to upload only one photo. lol **Developer response:** Hey flyveryhigh! Quick update! We’ve listened to your feedback and added a free trial period! Hope to have you check the app out again! ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2025-02-14, version 3.2.0* Paid for it to tell me the same thing every single time I scanned anything. Bought it to help me, and it did nothing. Not worth it. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Paywall *2026-04-07, version 6.0.0* I hate when apps don’t advertise a subscription based service in the photos or descriptions— not to mention the paywall keeps popping up with a timer. NAH buh-bye! ### 1/5 — Not for beginners *2026-03-07* This was advertised as a helper for beginners, starting with the starter. All this is is a recipe database. There’s 1 starter recipe, that’s it. Not worth the money. Because of the false advertising, I contacted support through the website (there are no account options in the app to cancel or contact) and have bo heard back. I want a full refund due to the false advertising, AND it overcharged me by $13 compared to the advertised price. **Developer response:** Hey there! We responded to your email and messages, but they might’ve gone to spam. We’re really sorry to hear the app wasn’t to expectation. But it’s much more than just a journal! You’re able to scan, rate, and chat about your sourdough starter, dough, and loaves as well. Not to mention free calculators. We hope you’ll try us again! Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any other questions. ### 1/5 — Pay Wall & Annoying Pop-Up *2026-02-25* This is the most annoying app I have ever downloaded in my entire life. Despite not being mentioned in the description, you do have to pay a subscription for all of the features, aside from recipes. Recipes are the only thing you can access free. At first, it appears like you can use it without a subscription, but everything you click on results in a pop-up, trying to force you into the sub subscription. Apparently the developer does not understand that there has to be something I love about the app for me to want to try out the upgraded features. But overall, it’s absolutely annoying. The pop-up that comes up has a little countdown, and you must look at the premium upgrade until it counts all the way down. You cannot just close it immediately. And it persistently pops up. I can get recipes on the Internet. There’s absolutely no reason to use this app. And if there’s no reason to use it, there’s definitely no reason to upgrade. **Developer response:** Hi Bobette134! Thanks so much for the feedback! In case you missed it, we offer a free trial of all features so that you can try everything before committing. We also offer feeding calculators for free and are actively working on improving the free suite of tools. That being said, the AI-powered tools are expensive for us to run, so we’re unable to make them free. We’re hoping costs will drop as model performance improves! We hope you’ll try the app again in the future! ### 1/5 — Don’t pay *2026-02-22, version 5.3.0* Can’t cancel my free trial ### 1/5 — Nothing works *2025-11-30* This app came highly recommended, and I was excited to use it to help perfect my craft. Unfortunately even after paying for the subscription nothing it working. I cannot chat with the bot, I cannot scan my bread or upload a picture. Very disappointing and I’m not sure how to get my money back **Developer response:** Hey PNGWoods! We had an outage yesterday that caused our service to become temporarily unavailable. All issues have been resolved and things are back up and working as expected! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you need anything else! ### 1/5 — Help *2025-10-20* When I scan, it says that I have invalid credit. I paid the subscription amount and it says that I have access to all of the premium capabilities. I can’t find anywhere on your app. To fix this problem please help. **Developer response:** Hey Pip! Are you still having issues? I believe we resolved your issue via email. Please don’t hesitate to reach back out if you’re having any more problems! ### 1/5 — App not reliable *2025-10-11* Not user friendly AI already does much of this work that is free ### 1/5 — App *2025-06-20, version 5.0.0* This app is not free! I was only able to use it once. When I just tried, it is making me sign up for the subscription. 😡 ### 1/5 — Chat GPT is better and free *2025-05-19* This app requires a paid subscription, it’s cheap enough so I tried it. For a month straight it said the exact same thing every single time I scanned starter vs discard jar (they look completely different on top). Every loaf was the same score and description. I believe someone started the app as a money grab with little to no knowledge regarding sourdough. Disappointing to say the least, waste of money to say the most. Use google images for free or chat got FOR FREE **Developer response:** Hey Bakeddaily! Really sorry to hear the app wasn’t to expectation. We’re always refining and iterating on the models we use for analyzing images. Appreciate the feedback and hope you’ll try again at another time. We have another big update planned! ### 1/5 — Unreliable *2025-04-17* I scanned 3 different moldy starters and it rated 2 of them pretty high and the one that it rated low was only from a lack of visible bubbles. All 3 were different starters from different people and clear pictures. **Developer response:** Hey Krose194! Thanks for the feedback. We’re working to refine the models we use. Hope to have an update out shortly that should address more nuanced concerns such as these. Please continue to let us know how we can improve! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Helped me figure out what I was doing wrong! *2026-05-25* The app (especially scans and ensuing tips) helped me figure out where, when, what I needed to adjust to get better rise out of my sourdough and helped me learn to recognize signs on my own. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-12-31* I've been making sourdough for years but this app is a game changer. And so is their customer service. I was having an issue and they were prompt in fixing it and letting me know they fixed it. Now my loaves 10/10 every time **Developer response:** Hey leedc2790! We recently experienced an outage in our service. Everything should be back up! Please reach out to https://noworrieslifestyle.com/contact if you have any other issues! ### 5/5 — A kitchen essential! *2025-04-13* I’ve been looking for an app like this. Finally landed on this one and sticking with it. Sourdough is a science and an art. This helps so much ### 5/5 — Good for all bakers! *2025-04-13* And it’s really fun to use. Been a useful addition to my repertoire ### 5/5 — This was the most helpful *2025-03-25* I hate paying for apps. I never know if they will work as advertised but this one does. I’ve been trying in vain to make sourdough. Not knowing why my bread wasn’t coming out correctly. This app helped me with my starter and with the recipes I’ve been successful everytime I’ve used this app. I’m over the moon. ### 5/5 — So helpful!! *2025-02-25* I love this app! It’s been so helpful on my sourdough journey. Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — Essential tool for anyone serious! *2025-02-20* Really helpful for anyone who’s into sourdough. All the calculators and recipes are great. The journal is super helpful for me personally. Great app! ### 5/5 — Great for new bakers *2025-01-02* I found this app through TikTok and downloaded it and even got a free subscription. Definitely think this is great to help track my starter because I’m still kind of new to baking sourdough. It’s really fun easy to use. I definitely recommend it. ### 5/5 — AWESOME *2024-12-08* Seriously a great app. The journal and calculator features are amazing. Mega fun to scan my starter and bread to see where I can improve too. ### 4/5 — …now what? *2026-06-21* Get feedback. Love the tips. But there’s no follow-up. “…this will help determine the best time to feed…” “ok, then what?” Make me a schedule I can put in my phone to tell me what to do AND WHEN. And how about remembering/logging what I was told to do/did last time and building upon that. Seems like each scan thinks it’s a new starter each day… this is an ongoing process. What me through it. $30/yr isn’t expensive, but I get all my other info/help for free so…… --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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